35 YouTubeTranscript.dev alternatives in 2026
By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: The best YouTubeTranscript.dev alternatives for video search APIs: Scrappa, SerpScraper.dev and TranscriptYT, by our benchmark of November 7, 2026.
Video search API alternatives
YouTubeTranscript.dev is #24 of the 36 providers we rank.
Every provider of this API, ranked: Video search API: best providers in 2026
| Rank | Provider and plan | Overall score | Accuracy score | $ per 1,000 searches |
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| 1 | Scrappa, $25 pack | 88.7 | 94 | $0.291 |
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| 2 | SerpScraper.dev, $139 monthly | 85.2 | 70 | $0.077 |
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| 3 | TranscriptYT, $3 monthly | 84.6 | 85 | $0.00035 |
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| 4 | Crawlora, $499 monthly, Enterprise | 79.4 | 90 | $0.299 |
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| 5 | SerpKite, $300 pack, Pro | 77.2 | 95 | $0.60 |
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| 6 | ScrapeUnblocker, €299 monthly | 71.7 | 86 | $0.765 |
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| 7 | PrismCrawl, $10 pack, Lite | 69.1 | 97 | $0.27 |
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| 8 | AnyCrawler, $200 monthly | 67.6 | 95 | $1.33 |
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| 9 | SerpBase, $3 monthly, Starter Boost | 67.5 | 93 | $0.30 |
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| 10 | Stophy, top-up from $500 | 66.5 | 86 | $1.20 |
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| 11 | API.SH, $50 monthly, Monthly $50 | 63.1 | 90 | $1.00 |
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| 12 | FlashData, top-up from $10, Pay as you go | 62.7 | 94 | $1.00 |
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| 13 | Serply, $375 pack | 62.5 | 92 | $0.75 |
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| 14 | XCrawl, $499 monthly, Scale | 62.3 | 96 | $0.416 |
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| 15 | Serper, $375 pack | 62.2 | 93 | $0.75 |
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| 16 | Ujeebu, $299 monthly | 62.2 | 92 | $0.498 |
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| 17 | SERPHouse, $29.99 monthly, Basic | 62.0 | 90 | $0.75 |
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| 18 | Talordata, $70 pack, 100,000 Responses | 61.3 | 55 | $0.70 |
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| 19 | Autom, $375 pack, Standard | 60.6 | 91 | $0.75 |
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| 20 | Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic | 60.6 | 79 | $0.76 |
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| 21 | MapleSerp, $45 monthly | 58.5 | 93 | $0.90 |
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| 22 | Supadata, $297 monthly | 56.6 | 82 | $0.99 |
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| 23 | FrameFetch, $1 pack | 55.7 | 86 | $2.00 |
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| 25 | ReplyNodes, $99 monthly | 51.9 | 77 | $2.97 |
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| 26 | YepAPI, top-up | 51.6 | 85 | $10.00 |
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| 27 | Automatio, $18 monthly | 50.0 | 79 | $10.00 |
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| 28 | Scrapewise, top-up from €5 | 49.4 | 45 | $1.69 |
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| 29 | Novada, $290 monthly, $290 | 48.8 | 60 | $0.90 |
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| 30 | ByCrawl, $9 monthly | 48.4 | 75 | $18.00 |
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| 31 | LinkDigest, $9 monthly | 48.1 | 75 | $18.00 |
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| 32 | YouTubeVideoTranscript.io, $9 monthly, Starter | 47.6 | 82 | Unknown. The provider's pages give this plan's price, but not how many searches it pays for. |
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| 33 | Omkar Cloud, $148 monthly | 45.9 | 48 | $0.987 |
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| 34 | XMLStock, top-up, Basic | 43.0 | 27 | $0.298 |
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| 35 | Marketplace for AI Agents, $10 pack, $10 credit pack | 35.2 | 33 | $5.00 |
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| 36 | JustSerpAPI, $5 monthly, Launch | 34.5 | 48 | Unknown. The provider's pages give this plan's price, but not how many searches it pays for. |
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